BTS Silver Jubilee Awards - Celebrating Innovation and Excellence
The British Thoracic Society Silver Jubilee Awards were presented at the BTS Winter Meeting on 6 December 2007. These awards celebrate the excellent teamwork which is at the heart of high quality service delivery as well as the commitment to the highest standards of respiratory healthcare in seven categories.

The winners and those who were awarded a special commendation are listed below:

Innovation in the delivery of care closer to the patient

Winner
COPD Services, Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT and Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust 
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Special Commendation
COPD Interface and Outreach Service,
Birmingham East & North PCT and Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust 
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Specialist Respiratory Team in Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT 
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Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust and Surrey PCT North West Locality 
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Innovation in the secondary respiratory care setting in the lung function laboratory

Winner
The Occupational Lung Disease Team, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital 
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Innovation in the secondary respiratory care setting in the sleep service

Winner
East Kent Sleep and Mask Ventilation Service, William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent 
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Special Commendation
West London Sleep Centre, Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust 
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Oxford Sleep Unit, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford 
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Innovation in the secondary respiratory care setting in the respiratory nursing service

Winner
Non-Invasive Ventilation Service, Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 
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Special Commendation
Bronchology Team, North West Lung Centre, South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Department of Respiratory Medicine, Huddersfield Royal Infirmary 
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Innovation in the secondary respiratory care setting in respiratory physiotherapy

Winner
ACPRC National On-Call Project 
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Special Commendation
South Tees NHS Trust Medical Respiratory Physiotherapy Team, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough 
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Physiotherapy and Nurse-Led Follow up Clinic for Patients with Lung Cancer, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust 
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Innovation in patient involvement - in both service design and patient support

Winner
North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus HOPE St COPD Service 
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Special Commendation
Lung Cancer Team, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough 
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Whittington Hospital COPD Service, London 
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Innovation in services to help patients stop smoking

Winner
Ian Campbell and Sonja Edwards, Llandough Hospital, Cardiff 
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Special Commendation
Health Defenders - A community health training programme - SureStart Smoking Cessation Project, Stockport 
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Young Adult Smoking Cessation Project, Oak leaf Medical Practice and Western Health and Social Services Trust, Northern Ireland 
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